Author Archives: Sarah

Sweet 16, and all grown up… Today we had less fighting, so that kind of does feel like growing up! I cleaned corners on countertops I’d forgotten existed. We watched the neighbors continue to groom our yard. We read. We watched TV. We changed the world. Okay, we didn’t really change the world. But weContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day 16”

Day 15. I feel like we need a party. Maybe a good quincañera? I mean, it’s a world wide, multicultural event we are experiencing, so a Mexican coming of age party sounds really exciting to me. Plus, the food would be amazing. I was woken this morning by a phone call from my person. She’sContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day 15”

I stopped writing out the numbers, you’ll notice. That’s because I’m too lazy to write them out. No, it’s actually because in professional writing, you spell out numbers under 10, and then use the numbers for anything higher than that. Though I suspect it was laziness that led to that tradition… We had an epicContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day 14”

The day started beautifully. Well, aside from the fact that nobody ever cares when Mama is sleeping. TV is turned up, piano music needs practicing, computers need deconstructing … Small child has big plans for her future, though, so that’s pretty cool: “Dada, so you know what I’m going to be when I grow up?Continue reading “Quarantine Log Day 13”

Peter Capaldi Day We are all still alive, though in various stages of insanity. Ben cleaned the basement. All of it. Laundry too… He did an excellent job, and I think he should be permanently banished there. Don’t tell him I said that. I would miss him though. I have one child who wishes sheContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day Twelve”

I love Valentine’s Day. More specifically, I love that good steaks are often on sale for Valentine’s Day… Tonight, we dug some T-bones out of the freezer and devoured them. It felt like a gourmet dinner! I’m also feeling like I kind of missed out on naming my Quarantine Logs with something clever. For example,Continue reading “Quarantine Log Day Eleven”

Pretty sure that the pull of sleep had a rock solid grip on small child and myself this morning. It hurt to wake up today. Waking up was made more bearable though by Ben’s absolutely amazing, award-winning (ok, not yet, but they should be) hash browns. School this morning started for Natalie with a culinaryContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day Ten”

What a day this was! It was full of emotions, and tears, and yelling, and laughter, but ended with a whole lot of love. Oldest child wanted to follow the new schedule today, even though it was Sunday, so of course I said yes. She and her sister cleaned up the garbage in the backContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day Nine”

Social distancing. This is directly counter to our nature. Hi, my name is Katie, this is my brother Wally, and we are surviving this quarantine as well. The humans spent a long time apart, I’m not sure why Dad was in the basement and Mom was upstairs, but he must have done something really badContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day Nine: Captain’s Log”

I win today. After a tricky start to the game, I finally beat oldest child at Monopoly. She was so focused on the railroads, I kind of tricked her so I could have Park Place. Now, she’s a bright kid. Really bright. So I made sure I told her why I was selling my threeContinue reading “Quarantine Log Day Eight”